assonance
See also: assonancé
English edit
Etymology edit
From French assonance, from Latin assonāre.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈæsənəns/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛsɘnɘns/
Noun edit
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assonance (countable and uncountable, plural assonances)
- (prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
- Synonym: vowel rhyme
- 1938, T.H. White, chapter 12, in The Sword in the Stone, Collins:
- "You should try to speak without assonances" said Merlyn. "For instance, 'The beer is never clear round here, dear' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.'"
Related terms edit
Translations edit
repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
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Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Homophones: assonancent, assonances
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun edit
assonance f (plural assonances)
Verb edit
assonance
- inflection of assonancer:
Further reading edit
- “assonance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.